Feature photo: ‘Tiny Weed’ by Diane Fornbacher/Ladybud Magazine It’s time again for the Parents 4 Pot Holiday Drive which benefits the families of prisoners incarcerated for cannabis. In addition, the annual drive also benefits the families of cannabis activists who are also patients and activists in need. This is the fourth year that P4P has […]

The Boston City Council’s Committee on Jobs, Wages & Workforce Development held a working session on December 6 to discuss recommendations the city can make regarding equitable ownership of marijuana businesses. Industry experts, advocates and business owners participated in three panels, and produced a variety of ideas that the Council will present to the state […]

The Ladybud Web Show on Livestream which broadcasts every Tuesday from 12:30 – 1:30 MST in Denver, Colorado at SoHi Gallery and Hoodlab Colorado will feature Art Way of Drug Policy Alliance (DPA). Art Way is a Senior Director for DPA’s National Criminal Justice Reform Strategy and State Director for DPA’s Colorado Office. Hosts Diane […]

In the era of basic dime-a-dozen get-rich-quick-off-marijuana-conferences that seem to be taking place at any given moment, I recommend those of us with skills to offer cut our losses and start our own goddamn conferences with more interesting lineups. Over the past few years, I had the great honor of meeting talented people around the […]

Recently, there was a huge social media trending storm about two adults who had nodded out after using drugs in the front of their car while a child sat in the back strapped to their seat. Instead of trying to help them get medical treatment and assist the child by removing him from a traumatic situation, an officer […]

Last week Thursday, I had the immense pleasure of hearing two inspirational world-changers speak at a local venue in my hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Major Neill Franklin (Ret.), the Executive Director for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and Ethan Nadelmann from the Drug Policy Alliance spoke to a full house at the Wealthy Street Theatre […]

Women are having a moment in the cannabis industry. With networking groups like Women Grow and MJBA Women’s Alliance paving the way for female leaders, and popular publications counting down the most prominent women in marijuana, it’s clear that the era of a male-dominated industry will soon be going the way of prohibition. While much […]

You made history voting Yes on 64 in 2012. Here’s why you should vote No on 67 in 2014. Colorado voters made headlines at the polls two years ago when the passage of ballot initiative Amendment 64 made recreational marijuana legal for adults over the age of 21. The vote heralded a new era in […]

On Monday, incumbent Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, who is struggling in a battle against GOP Bob Beauprez for re-election, stuck a huge knife in the backs of cannabis consumers who voted for cannabis regulation in his state by stating during a Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce debate, “Any governor that looks at doing this before we see what […]

Another little girl in the state of New York has passed away while waiting for safe access to cannabis. Anna Conte, a nine-year-old who suffered from Dravet Syndrome, passed away last week and was laid to rest yesterday. Her mother, Wendy Conte, was a part of the movement to pass the New York State medical […]